Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of actions taken and documents filed in cases involving the appointment of a guardian, committee, or receiver. The heading for each case recorded contains the name of dependent(s), whether a lunatic, drunkard, or infant, the name of the solicitor, and the year the case was brought .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1788 gave the Court of Chancery the responsibility for overseeing the well being and property of persons deemed idiots or lunatics and infant trustees (persons under the age of 21 whose person and estate are under the care of a trustee of guardian). This series is a listing .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund

 

 

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This series consists of reports listing court-appointed guardians, committees, and receivers who failed to file inventories and accounts with the court three months after the filing deadline. Entries include the title of the cause or matter (including the name(s) of the infant, idiot, lunatic, or habitual .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

 

 

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This series consists of documents relating to the partition of lands held by joint tenants or tenants in common. Each file contains some or all of the following documents: petition to Supreme Court seeking a rule appointing commissioners to partition lands held jointly or in common; affidavit of publication .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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The power of the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor to appoint committees or guardians for idiots, lunatics, or insolvent corporations is derived from English precedent. This power was extended to the appointment of guardians for infants by Chapter 106 of the Laws of 1815 and to the appointment of committees .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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The laws of 1830 incorporated the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company and stipulated that the Court of Chancery could appoint this institution as a guardian for infants whose estates yielded an annual income exceeding $100. The court used the Trust Company as a depository for the monies of infants .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series is a listing of information on cases in which a guardian, committee, or receiver was appointed by the Vice Chancellor in the Third Circuit..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of bonds for the performance of duties executed by guardians, committees, and receivers. A law of 1815 required a court appointed guardian to give bond to the infant-trustee. The bond was to be filed with the court. In practice such bonds were also required from committees for lunatics .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

 

 

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This series consists of petitions to a Supreme Court justice, commissioner, or judge of a court of common pleas for appointment of a guardian for an infant-defendant, or a next friend (prochein ami) for an infant-plaintiff (a minor could not appear in court)..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

 

 

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This series consists of miscellaneous documents which did not fall into any other series and were filed together by the court clerk. They include draft rules, orders for exoneration of bail and surrender of defendants, recognizances of bail, consents to change attorneys, petitions and orders for appointment .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives